Consolidated Accounting Leader Candidate
Japan’s largest mobile payments platform (~75M users); SoftBank/LY Corporation fintech JV; 40% equity holder of Binance Japan.
Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026
About PayPay
PayPay Corporation is a Tokyo-based fintech company operating Japan’s leading QR/mobile payment service, founded 2018 as a SoftBank/Yahoo Japan (LY Corporation) joint venture, with banking (PayPay Bank), insurance and securities offerings. In October 2025 PayPay acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan, making the crypto exchange an equity-method affiliate.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will handle consolidated accounting and disclosure, lead financial due diligence and M&A deal execution, assess financial risks and valuations, review transaction agreements, and manage accounting and finance PMI projects including controls and system integration.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of accounting experience at a bank, securities company, insurance company, or other financial institution
- At least 5 years of practical experience at an FAS, audit, or consulting firm
- M&A or project management experience
- Practical experience with financial due diligence, valuation, or SPA processes
- PM or PMO experience on medium or large projects or projects involving many stakeholders
- Certified public accountant or tax accountant qualification
- Experience with M&A financial due diligence or PMI consulting at a Big Four FAS division
- Experience integrating IT systems or establishing J-SOX or US-SOX controls during PMI
- Experience with IFRS-based consolidated closing and disclosure
Responsibilities
- Handle consolidated accounting and disclosure
- Execute financial due diligence and advance M&A deals
- Lead target-company financial due diligence with accounting firms
- Analyze financial risks and issues and report them to executives
- Validate the appropriateness of company valuations
- Draft and review SPAs from accounting and finance perspectives
- Drive accounting and finance projects with strategy and business departments
- Manage PMI PMO activities after acquisitions
- Standardize accounting policies and integrate and accelerate closing processes
- Drive US-SOX control construction and accounting-system integration or replacement projects
- Manage project progress from frontline coordination through executive reporting
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Employees' pension insurance
- Employment insurance
- Workers' compensation insurance
- Defined contribution pension plan
- Annual paid leave of 14 days in the first year
- Personal leave of 3 or 5 days in the first year
- Super flex time with no core hours
- Hybrid workstyle
